Quinta Brunsontook toSaturday Night Liveto host and with it came a brilliant episode that showed the world why we love her. The star and creator ofAbbott Elementaryused her monologue to talk about her recent success with the show, stating that she always wanted to be onSaturday Night Livebut instead of auditioning, she just created a really popular show that went on to win awards so that she could come on as host, which she said was an easier process than auditioning for it.
Brunson rose to popularity and fame through her Instagram seriesGirl Who Has Never Been on a Nice Dateand from there, she went on to createAbbott Elementaryand star inmovies likeWeird: The Al Yankovic Storyas Oprah Winfreyand recently showing up in the Season 3 reboot of the STARZ seriesParty Down. All this to say that Brunson is the talk of the town, especially afterwinning the Emmy for Outstanding Writing For a Comedy Series.
Her way ofdescribingAbbott Elementaryto the audiences ofSaturday Night Livewas to share some details about it. Like howAbbott Elementaryis likethe seriesFriendsif it was about teachers instead of friends, set in Philadelphia instead of New York, and had Black people in the show. It was hilarious, quick, and led to Brunson talking about her character on the series.
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Quinta Brunson Is Nothing Like Janine Teagues
Jokes aside, Brunson seemed so happy to be a part of the show and used her monologue totalk about her hit showwhile also asking fans to not think that she isher character in real life. Brunson’s character inAbbott Elementary,Janine Teagues, is someone who just looks for the positivity in life. She constantly wants to be the best version of herself for her students and is in a"will they, won’t they" with Gregory Eddie (Tyler James Williams). But for Brunson, she isn’t Janine. So maybe don’t take pictures of her partying and having fun and acting like you saw your teacher at the mall. TheSNLhost also talked about how her show has led to a lot of people thinking she can fixthe problems with public schooland while it was appreciated, there was only so much she could do.
Brunson then used her monologue to share her reasoning for the series and an important message:Teachers should be paid more.The series itself gave us characters to know and love, but it also does remind ushow important school and teachers areand Brunson used her monologue to highlight their importance as well. This it led to a great show for Brunson and musical guestLil Yachty.
